10-Year-Old Girl Dies After Lansing Apartment Fire

Overview

• Firefighters responded to a two-story apartment blaze reporting heavy smoke and a person trapped and located the 10-year-old inside before removing her from the unit.
• The girl was taken first to a nearby community hospital and then transferred to Comer Children's Hospital in Chicago in critical condition, where medical examiners later identified her and confirmed her death.
• Lansing’s fire department said crews brought the blaze under control in roughly 30 minutes with mutual aid from many neighboring departments and ambulance services.
• A Lansing police officer received treatment for smoke inhalation and was released after evaluation at the hospital.
• The Office of the State Fire Marshal is part of the ongoing investigation and officials have not released an official cause, a process that can take days to weeks as investigators examine the scene and test evidence.